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- From: skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (Skip Sauls)
- Subject: Re: 256 color workbench?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.164359.11853@ra.msstate.edu>
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- Organization: University of Mississippi, Dept. of Computer Science
- References: <1992Nov16.094147.90599@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au> <BxtGBz.7Ho@fc.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 16:43:59 GMT
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- In article <BxtGBz.7Ho@fc.hp.com> koren@fc.hp.com (Steve Koren) writes:
- >> benjamin@zds-oem.zds.com (Adam Benjamin) writes:
- >> >
- >> > to display an old ham image under a new 256 color or ham8 pic. (two
- >> > windows) How would I do this? MultiView won't open under workbench,
- >> > I assume because workbench isn't supporting the color depth. So how
- >> > do I get workbench run in 256 or HAM8? Or alternatively how do I
- >> > open a high-color screen
- >
- >Hmm, I had just the opposite problem. For me, multiview _always_ opens
- >on my workbench screen even when that results in horrible color
- >matching. Maybe there's some option to control this: I haven't checked
- >the docs yet.
-
- HAM8 pics will open on a screen, as will HAM. There is a SCREEN option
- that forces MultiView to open pictures on a screen instead of a window.
-
- >Anyway, to get a 256 color WB, just select that from preferences as you
- >would for lesser depths. Fair warning though: 256 color workbenches get
- >_slow_. I can tolerate 5 plane workbenches fairly well, but 8 is a bit
- >much in any sort of decent resolution.
-
- Try running CPUBlit -b. It seems to work fine and I have not had any
- troubles when using it. The -b option clears up the color flickering
- that occurs when the text is scrolling. Under 2.04 on the A3000, this
- option was not necessary, but it apparently is under 3.0 on the A4000.
-
- >> > I suppose I could just have two screens and drag them around, but that's
- >> > not my first choice.
- >
- >Why not? Then you can have exactly the palette you need, and you only
- >use the memory for the duration of the time you need it.
-
- Agreed. MultiView does a fair job of selecting the palette for pictures
- in a window, but it cannot compare to a dedicated screen.
-
- > - steve
-
- Skip Sauls, Amiga Advocate
- skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu
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